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'If you don't like this sort of thing you should move to the town or city instead. My cockerel is no more noisy than any other cockerel in the area and it is certainly not a nuisance.

'I keep it covered, so it does not crow at unreasonable hours. I am also unsure how anybody can tell the difference between my bird and any other.

Animal lover: Villagers say he wakes them at 3am and goes on 'incessantly' until 11pm, starting a chain reaction of crowing in Hambledon, Hampshire. Above, Mrs Rogers is pictured with two of her other birds

Action: Officers from Winchester City Council (pictured) served Mrs Rogers with a noise abatement notice in August last year. But she now been summoned to court accused of breaching the order on three occasions.

'It is ridiculous and upsetting that I am being taken to court over something like this.'